Contactless payment card shipments are growing at the fastest rate since the technology was introduced in the early 2000s, according to figures released by the Smart Payment Association (SPA) in its annual review of the smart payment card market.

Highlighting the growing enthusiasm of banks and payment providers in offering faster and more convenient ways to pay, contactless technologies were present on almost a quarter (23 percent) of all smart payment cards shipped in 2012. Western Europe and Asia Pacific regions saw the largest increases in contactless shipments with increases of 106 percent and 111 percent respectively compared with 2011.

Intelling, a consultancy specializing in secure transactions, publishes a new Smart Insights Report “Smart authentication to tackle BYOD issues” providing its readers with a comprehensive analysis of Bring Your Own Device (employee-owned devices being used for work, BYOD) market, authentication solutions, their future adoption scenarios and impact on the smart authentication solutions market.

Intelling, a consultancy specializing in secure transactions, just published a new Smart Insights White Paper titled “India Secure Transactions Market” to bring to its readers a synthesis on this fascinating market, and its numerous applications in the secure transactions industry. The White Paper covers all segments of the secure transactions industry in India, and provides insights on the most emblematic applications. For instance, UID (Universal IDentification) is the largest identity program in the world as it aims at giving an identity number to over one billion people.

Eurosmart confirms the forecast from last April of the total shipment of microcontroller-based Smart Secure Devices to more than 7 billion units in 2012. To put this number into perspective, it means close to 20 million people are receiving a secure and personalized device worldwide every day. Eurosmart expects strong growth to continue in all major segments in 2013, bringing the 2013 total Smart Secure Devices forecast to nearly 7.7 billion units. Themajor growth drivers seen by Eurosmart are:

LFoundry, an analogue / mixed signal and specialized silicon foundryand Intelling, a consultancy specializing in secure transactions joined their efforts to bring to the public audience a new Smart Insights White Paper, titled “A new model for silicon foundry”, which covers the ongoing major trends in the semiconductor industry.